In practice, the situation can escalate to extreme levels
de-escalate
v. (使)逐步降级
de-escalated
使逐步降级, 使逐步缩小规模(de-escalate的过去式和过去分词)
de-escalates
vt. 使逐步降级;缩小规模vi. 逐步降级
escalated
v. (使)逐步升级( escalate的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)逐步扩大; (使)更高; (使)更大
escalates
v. (使)逐步升级( escalate的第三人称单数 ); (使)逐步扩大; (使)更高; (使)更大
reescalate
v. (使)再次逐步升级(亦作re-escalate)